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This is a list of World War I Entente aircraft organized by country of origin. Dates are of first flight. Dates are of first flight. Nieuport 10, used by most Entente countries as fighter, reconnaissance aircraft and trainer.
The new aircraft quickly became an important element in the French plans for its fighter force, being expected to replace the SPAD S.VII as well as remaining Nieuport fighters in front line service. However the slow rate of deliveries disrupted these forecasts and by the end of March 1918, only 764 of the planned 2,230 had been delivered. [24]
1914 Morane-Saulnier L reconnaissance monoplane 1915 Voisin V bomber 1916 Nieuport 23 SPAD S.XIII, the most numerically important French fighter 1918 Breguet 14 reconnaissance bomber Crashed German AEG J.I aeroplane at Verdun France; 7-10-1917 Albrecht Gembler & Fritz Sagner FA(A) 254 downed near Ville-sur- Cousances by Sgt. (Felix) Gohier (Escadrille N. 85).
The Nieuport 11 was a newer, much smaller aircraft based on the general configuration of the Nieuport 10, but designed specifically as a single-seat fighter. Like the "10", the "11" was a sesquiplane, a biplane with a full-sized top wing with two spars, and a lower wing of much narrower chord and a single spar.
The Nieuport 28 C.1, a French biplane fighter aircraft flown during World War I, was built by Nieuport and designed by Gustave Delage. Owing its lineage to the successful line of sesquiplane fighters that included the Nieuport 17, the Nieuport 28 continued a similar design philosophy of a lightweight and highly maneuverable aircraft.
Data from French aircraft of the First World War, Aviafrance: SPAD S.A-2 General characteristics Crew: Two Length: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) Wingspan: 9.55 m (31 ft 4 in) some sources give 9.10 m (29.9 ft) Height: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) Wing area: 25.36 m 2 (273.0 sq ft) Empty weight: 414 kg (913 lb) Gross weight: 674 kg (1,486 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9J 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine ...
Some aircraft that did escape served with the Allies or Free French forces, who also used many other types of allied aircraft. The cold-war saw the continued use of many other Western aircraft, mainly from the U.S., during a period of rebuilding of the aviation industry and under threat of war with the Soviet Union.
The Morane-Saulnier L, or Morane-Saulnier Type L, or officially MoS-3, was a French parasol wing one or two-seat scout aeroplane of the First World War.The Type L became one of the first successful fighter aircraft when it was fitted with a single machine gun that fired through the arc of the propeller, which was protected by armoured deflector wedges.